Hp Thin Client PoE Fanless Thin Clients For Reliable Silent Operation - HP Thin Client PoE vs Thinvent Thin Clients

The HP Thin Client family is a range of compact thin clients that run HP ThinPro or Windows 10 IoT Enterprise and drive up to six displays. The closest Thinvent alternatives are fanless, compact thin clients such as the Thinvent Neo S (Intel Celeron J1900) and the Thinvent Micro 5R (ARM Cortex A53), which run Windows 11 Pro and Thinux Embedded Linux respectively.

HP Thin Client Family vs Thinvent Neo S and Thinvent Micro 5R

Key differences

• The Thinvent Neo S has a choice of Windows 11 Pro, Windows 11 IoT, Ubuntu Linux, Thinux Embedded Linux, or no OS, while the HP family is described as running HP ThinPro or Windows 10 IoT Enterprise.

• Thinvent Neo S and Micro 5R are both fanless with passive cooling, so they run without moving parts.

• The Thinvent Micro 5R includes Wi-Fi 6 and Bluetooth 5 in its standard configuration.

• The HP Thin Client family drives up to six displays. The Thinvent Neo S supports one HDMI and one VGA output, and the Micro 5R one HDMI 2.0 output.

• We could not confirm the HP Thin Client family's processor, RAM, storage, cooling or PoE support, so those points are left out of this comparison.

Which one should you choose?

Choose the HP Thin Client family if you need multi-display support of up to six screens with HP ThinPro or Windows 10 IoT Enterprise. Choose a Thinvent fanless unit if you need silent, passive cooling with a choice of operating systems; the Neo S suits Windows-based deployments and the Micro 5R suits compact Linux-based deployments.

Buy the Thinvent alternative

• Thinvent Neo S Thin Client, Intel Celeron J1900

• Thinvent Micro 5R Thin Client, ARM Cortex A53